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Wildfire
448 pages
A sun-drenched, high-heat summer romance that balances sizzling forbidden tension with tender emotional healing.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into the hazy, sun-drenched bubble of a summer camp, where the outside world fades away and every stolen glance carries an electric charge. The narrative moves at a brisk, addictive pace, balancing the sizzling tension of a forbidden, forced-proximity romance with surprisingly tender emotional depths. The prose is conversational and breezy, heavily driven by witty banter and the dual perspectives of two guarded people learning to communicate. Beneath the playful summer hijinks and high-heat encounters lies a deeply earnest exploration of family baggage, people-pleasing, and the quiet relief of finally being seen. It is a perfect escape for readers who crave cinnamon-roll heroes, praise kinks, and cozy, nostalgic settings where healing and romance go hand in hand.
- Mood
- sun-drenched
- nostalgic
- sizzling
- cozy
- Tone
- playful
- earnest
- swoony
- witty
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- healing from family trauma · finding chosen family · vulnerability and trust · forbidden attraction · overcoming people-pleasing
- The writing
- Conversational and breezy, driven by sharp banter and intimate internal monologues that prioritize emotional processing.
- The arc
- Moves from guarded, rule-breaking attraction to a deeply communicative and emotionally healing partnership.
- Who it's for
- Romance readers who devour high-heat, forced-proximity stories featuring cinnamon-roll heroes and nostalgic summer camp settings.
Content notes
- toxic family dynamics
- parental gambling addiction
- parental neglect
About the book
The latest in the TikTok sensation and deliciously “swoonworthy” (Elena Armas, author) Maple Hills series follows two summer camp counselors who reconnect after a sizzling one-night stand.
Maple Hills students Russ Callaghan and Aurora Roberts cross paths at a party celebrating the end of the academic year, where a drinking game results in them having a passionate one-night stand. Never one to overstay her welcome (or expect much from a man), Aurora slips away before Russ even has the chance to ask for her full name.
Imagine their surprise when they bump into each other on the first day of the summer camp where they are both counselors, hoping to escape their complicated home lives by spending the summer working. Russ hopes if he gets far enough away from Maple Hills, he can avoid dealing with the repercussions of his father’s gambling addiction, while Aurora is tired of craving attention from everyone around her, and wants to go back to the last place she truly felt at home.
Russ knows breaking the camp’s strict “no staff fraternizing” rule will have him heading back to Maple Hills before the summer is over, but unfortunately for him, Aurora has never been very good at caring about the rules. Will the two learn to peacefully coexist? Or did their one night together start a fire they can’t put out?
Description from Open Library.
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